Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document ( ATBD ) for the SMOS Level 2 Soil Moisture Processor Development Continuation Project

Read-me-first note for the release of the SMOS level 2 Soil Moisture data products

Further information Details on the processing algorithms can be found in the Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD, version 3.6), and on the L2SM products structure in the SMOS Level 2 and Auxiliary Data Products Specifications (SO-TN-IDRGS-0006, Issue 6.1 2012-02-09), both available from ARRAY (www.array.ca/smos) or the CESBIO blog (www.cesbio.upstlse.fr/SMOS_blog/) or ESA (http://eart...

SMOS level 2 Processor for Soil Moisture

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) SMAP Calibrated, Time-Ordered Brightness Temperatures L1B_TB Data Product

(Page intentionally left blank) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs) provide the physical and mathematical descriptions of the algorithms used in the generation of science data products. The ATBDs include a description of variance and uncertainty estimates and considerations of calibration and validation, exception control and diagnostics. Internal and external data flows are also desc...

AN EVALUATION OF SOIL mOISTURE DOwNSCALING TECHNIQUES USING L-bAND AIRbORNE ObSERVATIONS

69 m7 The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission in late 2009. This mission is aimed at monitoring, globally, surface soil moisture and sea surface salinity from radiometric L-band observations [1]. Soil moisture is a critical state variable of the terrestrial water cycle and the factor that links the global water, energy and carbon cycles. C...

A soil moisture and temperature network for SMOS validation in Western Denmark

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission (SMOS) acquires surface soil moisture data of global coverage every three days. Product validation for a range of climate and environmental conditions across continents is a crucial step. For this purpose, a soil moisture and soil temperature sensor network was established in the Skjern River Catchment, Denmark. The objectives of this article are to ...